District Director

Overview :

The District Director is responsible for multi-store management and leadership development of our store leaders in their designated district. This position will have oversight for 7-12 stores aligned to their geography and will report to the Regional Vice President. The District Director is an integral part of the Sprouts leadership team and is responsible for the success of our team members and store profitability. This district role is responsible for driving store sales, team member engagement, and robust customer advocacy through strong, dynamic leadership to create success in people, processes, partners, and performance.

Essential Functions :

People

• Positively shape the culture in the district by modeling the leadership behaviors aligned to Sprouts values.
• Develop the Store teams within the region to deliver an exceptional customer experience by motivating and engaging our team members.
• Lead with courtesy, respect, integrity, and care.
• Train, coach, and develop store leadership and department managers in financial acumen, merchandising practices, shrink management, company platforms, and leadership.
• Consistently model Sprouts values and leadership behaviors.
• Provide development feedback and coaching to Store Leadership teams.
• Support Sprouts' focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion to ensure a sense of belonging across the organization.
• Walk stores regularly with store teams and review KPIs to identify obstacles, concerns, and opportunities for improvement; coach the leadership team to take actions and achieve operational goals.
• Work closely with store leadership to resolve conflict and lead through difficult conversations, utilizing your Human Resources Business Partner for input, advice, and guidance.
• Build talent pipeline, export, and promote talent for the success of the organization and new store growth.
• Manage talent bench strength and identify opportunities to promote and export talent for continued development.
• Retain and reward your team through active engagement, appreciation, recognition, and coaching.
• Communicate and cascade directives to teams through store huddles, calls, and one on one conversations.
• Ensure proper staffing at each store, including selection, hiring, retention, and promotion of Store Managers in partnership with the Regional Vice President.
• Ensure retention and turnover goals are achieved within stores and throughout assigned district.
• Sponsor development programs such as Assistant Store Manager development and Store Manager Certification.
• Conduct training and lead leadership development efforts in new stores during pre-opening weeks.

Process

Partners

company through compliance with safety and food safety regulations.

through Ecolab and PCR audits.

region. Partner with Business Risk and Safety team to resolve concerns.

food safety.

Performance

construction and facilities.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Physical Requirements :

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

of education and experience

environment.

margins, markups, percentages, and volume.

various employment laws, supervising, employee motivation techniques and discipline methods.

Key Competencies for Success

Benefits :

In addition to a rewarding career, Sprouts offers a comprehensive program to help support you and your family. These programs include :

Eligibility requirements may apply for the following benefits :

Get Paid Every Day!

Sprouts Farmers Market offers DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible employee, you’ll be able to transfer the money you’ve already earned at no extra cost, and get it the next business day, for free .  We offer DailyPay so you don’t have to wait for payday to access the money you’ve already worked for. With DailyPay, you can see how much you’ve made every day and you can transfer your money any time before payday.

You can learn more by visiting  https : / / www.dailypay.com / partners / sprouts-farmers-market / .

Why Sprouts : Grow with us!

If you have a passion for inspiring people and a flair for fresh food, consider applying for a job at Sprouts! With a focus on customer service, our neighborhood grocery stores offer high-quality, farm fresh produce, natural meats, plenty of scoop-your-own bulk goods and much more in a fun, friendly, old-fashioned farmer’s market setting.  Come grow your career in healthy living with a fast-paced, rapidly growing company and teams that pride themselves on empowering others along their journey.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Sprouts’ management reserves the right to amend and change duties, responsibilities, and requirements to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.

Sprouts will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance.

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